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The content in this unit of work links to the Australian Curriculum: English (Year 10).

General Capabilities evident across the unit include Literacy and Critical and creative thinking.

Language
Text structure and organisation
Compare the purposes, text structures and language features of traditional and contemporary texts in different media (ACELA1566) (EN5-6C)
Literature  
Literature and context
Compare and evaluate a range of representations of individuals and groups in different historical, social and cultural contexts (ACELT1639) (EN5-8D)
Responding to literature Reflect on, extend, endorse or refute others’ interpretations of and responses to literature (ACELT1640) (EN5-5C)
Examining literature

Identify, explain and discuss how narrative viewpoint, structure, characterisation and devices including analogy and satire shape different interpretations and responses to a text (ACELT1642) (EN5-2A)

Analyse and evaluate text structures and language features of literary texts and make relevant thematic and intertextual connections with other texts (ACELT1774) (EN5-6C)

Literacy
Texts in context
Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations, selecting and sequencing appropriate content and multimodal elements to influence a course of action (ACELY1751) (EN5-2A)
Interpreting, analysing, evaluating Choose a reading technique and reading path appropriate for the type of text, to retrieve and connect ideas within and between texts (ACELY1753) (EN5-6C)
Creating texts Create sustained texts, including texts that combine specific digital or media content, for imaginative, informative, or persuasive purposes that reflect upon challenging and complex issues (ACELY1756) (EN5-1A)

Source for content descriptions above: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA).